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Wessex Tales (Wessex Novels vol XIII) - with map of Wessex
by Hardy, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good, reprint (original in 1888, in Macmillan Hardy edition in 1903), no d/j, burgundy boards (some sunning on verso), with blin
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1923. reprint. h/b. Good, reprint (original in 1888, in Macmillan Hardy edition in 1903), no d/j, burgundy boards (some sunning on verso), with blind and gilt pressed cover and spine titling (good), text block firm, top edges gilt, tight and unmarked (owner's neat incription on ffep).. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Wessex Tales was the first collection of Hardy's short stories, and they reflect the experience of a novelist at the height of his powers. These seven tales, in which characters and scenes are imbued with a haunting realism, show considerable diversity of content, form and style, and range from fantasy to realism and from tragedy to comedy. In insisting on the unusual nature of any story worth the telling, and with his gift for irony and compassion, Hardy achieves more in the genre of the short story than any English novelist before him.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132727
- Title
- Wessex Tales (Wessex Novels vol XIII) - with map of Wessex
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, reprint (original in 1888, in Macmillan Hardy edition in 1903), no d/j, burgundy boards (some sunning on verso), with blin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Pages
- 293
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, pocket, Hardy, short stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_\"\" x 4\"\")
Terms of Sale
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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